Chamber report suggests bold steps to overhaul IPS

9:28 PM,
Feb. 24, 2014

Ferebee

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Indianapolis Public Schools should reduce staff, sell some key properties and share space with charter schools in an effort to reduce a $30 million budget deficit, according to an Indy Chamber report released Monday.

Whether district leaders will pick a few recommendations or commit to the entire report remains to be seen. But IPS Superintendent Lewis Ferebee and Indy Chamber President and CEO Michael Huber agreed Monday that IPS must change to live within its budget.

The 68-page, nonbinding operational analysis proposes a wide-ranging set of actions for IPS leaders to consider in their ...